Buddha’s Delight

Fat Choi Jai

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Chinese Banquet Cookbook

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Published 1985

  • About

Another must dish for a New Year’s banquet, because it is an observance as well as something wonderful to eat. It is a celebration of Buddhist vegetarianism and its very name, in Chinese, wishes you prosperity for the New Year.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup thinly sliced lotus roots
  • 1 cup thinly sliced carrots
  • 1 cup</

Method

  1. Prepare all vegetables, bean curd, and gingko nuts. Arrange in piles on a plate. In a small bowl mix ½ teaspoon salt, the sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce, cornstarch, white pepper, and broth or cold water. Set aside.
  2. Heat a wok over high heat for 45 seconds; add peanut